diff -r cf8ac1272e07 Lib/test/test_functools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Thu Nov 21 19:23:50 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Thu Nov 21 20:05:36 2013 +0200
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@
         args = (object(), object())
         args_repr = ', '.join(repr(a) for a in args)
         kwargs = {'a': object(), 'b': object()}
-        kwargs_repr = ', '.join("%s=%r" % (k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items())
+        kwargs_pairs = ["%s=%r" % (k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items()]
+        kwargs_reprs = [', '.join(perm) for perm in permutations(kwargs_pairs)]
         if self.partial is c_functools.partial:
             name = 'functools.partial'
         else:
@@ -170,12 +171,14 @@
                          repr(f))
 
         f = self.partial(capture, **kwargs)
-        self.assertEqual('{}({!r}, {})'.format(name, capture, kwargs_repr),
-                         repr(f))
+        self.assertIn(repr(f),
+                      ['{}({!r}, {})'.format(name, capture, kwargs_repr)
+                       for kwargs_repr in kwargs_reprs])
 
         f = self.partial(capture, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.assertEqual('{}({!r}, {}, {})'.format(name, capture, args_repr, kwargs_repr),
-                         repr(f))
+        self.assertIn(repr(f),
+                      ['{}({!r}, {}, {})'.format(name, capture, args_repr, kwargs_repr)
+                       for kwargs_repr in kwargs_reprs])
 
     def test_pickle(self):
         f = self.partial(signature, 'asdf', bar=True)